First Quarter Newsletter
1st Qtr Newsletter 2020
COVID-19 Response Fund
As the impact of COVID-19 grows, many individuals in our communities are feeling the effects of this unprecedented pandemic. Our local non-profit organizations assisting those most affected by the pandemic feel the strain and burden on their resources. These frontline care givers and service providers need our support as they face the day to day…
Hampton Memorial Dedicated
A project known as Operation Dragonfly honored a hometown hero on March 2nd, dedicating the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial on the grounds of the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley. Attended by scores of veterans, legislators, community members and friends of Captain Hampton, the ceremony was dwarfed by the towering replica helicopter on the site. “This…
Irvin L. and Jorene J. Cauthen, 2019 Rainey Award Recipients
Irvin Cauthen always felt a calling to community service and outreach. Most of this stems from his upbringing in Lakeland, Florida, where he was raised in his father’s general store. The store provided a needed service to the local community for groceries, gas, and livestock for community members and travelers. Some customers were more fortunate…
Toy Parade Delivers
You can depend on Robert Fagg and fellow members of his motorcycle club to ride in and deliver Christmas cheer to the Brighter Christmas Fund just in time for Santa. Club members were on hand Saturday, December 21st to present a check to Dean Woods and members of the Brighter Christmas Fund Board in…
Foothills Community Foundation Earns 4 Star Rating
Foothills Community Foundation’s sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Since 2002, using objective, data-driven analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on…
The James T. and Anita R. Boseman Donor Advised Fund
This is part of our ongoing “Donor Spotlight” series. Spotlight on: J.T. Boseman If you know J. T. Boseman, you know a servant leader. If you have had the opportunity to serve alongside him, you already know that J.T. is going to do what he says he will do. Although he is technically retired from…
Foster Honored for Service to Foundation
Dean Woods and Fred Foster Foothills Community Foundation honored founding board member Fred L. Foster at its annual meeting on November 19th. A retired newspaper publisher, Foster has served on the board of the Foundation since 1999, was instrumental in the formation of the community foundation and its qualification for the matching bequest from the…
Two Successful Business Owners who Believe in Giving Back to Their Community
This is part of our ongoing “Donor Spotlight” series. Spotlight on: Louis and Ernest Trammell Following separate paths to success, Louise and Ernie Trammell have chosen to do business in their hometown. They believe in giving back to the community that has been good to them. The Trammell Donor Advised Fund at the Foundation provided…
Event Features 38 Grants to Area Charities
Celebrating the distribution of over $17 million in grants to the community in 20 years are: J. T. Boseman, Dean Woods, Cindy Kibler, Jeff Roberts, Jane Mudd, Robert Rainey, Dennis Burt and Lujack Orr. Foothills Community Foundation hosted a grant distribution event at the Ramer-Stringer-Rainey House on the campus of Anderson University on October 10th.…
Neighbor Helping Neighbor — A Valuable Lesson Learned Growing Up in Tennessee
This is part of our ongoing “Donor Spotlight” series. Spotlight on: Frank P. “Butch” Hughes, III After retiring as publisher of the Anderson Independent Mail, my wife and I decided to stay in Anderson, South Carolina. As a newspaper publisher, I had the opportunity to be involved as a community leader in every community we’ve…